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Subject: Re: Can 360k be written on 1.2M drive?
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Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 00:45:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 25 00:45:00 1987
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Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!casper    Feb 24 23:45:00 1987



    I too have used the 1.2M drive to write to low density disks 
for quite some time and found it very convenient and reliable.

    I definately agree with the suggestion to not try formatting in 360K
mode, but also I would like to point out that IBM does not recommend writing
to 360K disks in the 1.2M drive because of the much more narrow and dense
track that it writes.  

    When making disks to be distributed to people with various types 
of machines I make sure that the disks have never been written to in any way 
by a 1.2M drive. This is because I have had complaints from people that the 
disks would work fine in an IBM they had, but then cause read errors on another 
look-alike.  I have also heard stories of IBM/PC's that refuse to read such 
disks.

    Dave Gerdes		uiucuxc!osiris!casper